110 YEARS AGO: Mayor Joseph Lunn and 46 former Oneonta boys gathered last Friday evening in New York City and sat down to a tempting dinner, smoked some fine Doyle & Smith cigars from the old home town and then proceeded to have a rousingly good time talking over the old days spent on their native heath. Four hours of chumship and friendship reigned as of old and everybody had a real enjoyable time. The occasion was the second annual…
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...as someone who has emerged from the other side of the Iron Curtain, I have encountered some startling misconceptions about the Soviet Union and its people during my time in the United States. One of the most egregious is the claim that “Russia” (aka the former Soviet Union) fought alongside Nazi Germany during World War II.…
The Guild of the Glimmerglass Festival has scheduled two “A Day at the Festival for Students” events this summer to make it easy for young people and their families or chaperones to learn about opera and to attend a performance.…
We were medics attached to the Seventh Army and out on maneuvers. I pitched my pup tent with a guy named Hailey from Niagara Falls. He had already been in Germany for a year and could speak a bit of the language.…
175 YEARS AGO: Advertisement—Lost in this village a few days since, a calico thread case, containing a few shillings in silver, together with a number of notes – 1 from E.B. Morehouse to Lansing Ray for eighty-eight dollars and a few cents; 1 from Jas. Peaselee to the same; 2 from Charles Hand to Hannah Ray; 1 from John Hamlin to the same; also some other papers. All the makers are notified not to pay the same, and the people…
110 YEARS AGO: John Paddock, aged about 54 years, a carpenter by trade, living at 63 Gilbert Street, where he conducted a lodging house for railroad men, took his own life about 7 o’clock Tuesday morning by shooting himself twice in the head with a .32 caliber revolver. Paddock was alone in the house at the time. When Paddock’s wife, accompanied by Mrs. Edward Aylsworth, a neighbor, entered after hearing the shots, he was found lying on the floor of…
As chairs of the city’s Budget Review and Finance committees, respectively, we are dismayed by recent comments provided by our colleague on the state of city finances and budget, the role of the finance director and mischaracterization of the role of the Common Council in city budgetary decision-making.…
I am not a marcher; it just is not in my nature. The question then is how can I be a part of the resistance to the tyranny that is upon us? Well, one way is by writing these essays. It enables me to share some thoughts and observations in an honest and, I hope, reasoned way.…
In a world where healthcare can feel confusing, expensive, and even unwelcoming, FamPlan continues to provide a different experience: one grounded in accessibility, compassion, and respect for every body.…
135 YEARS AGO: Preserve the Forests of the Country—The destruction of our forests, especially in the older states, should claim attention. There are hundreds of farmers even in the County of Otsego having more or less land that could profitably be devoted to the growth of forest and other trees, the timber of which is steadily growing in value. Immediate revenue would not be derived from the moderate investment, but the children of the present owners would be enriched thereby,…
